The proclamation has this to say about using certain fish as bait. Dead mountain sucker, white sucker, Utah sucker, redside shiner, speckled dace, mottled sculpin, fat head minnow, Utah chub and common carp may be used as bait in any water where bait is permitted. However, the following nongame fish are prohibited, which means you can’t take them or hold them in your possession. If you catch any of these fish, you must release them immediately: Bonytail, Bluehead sucker, Colorado pikeminnow (formerly, Colorado squawfish), Flannelmouth sucker, Grass carp, Humpback chub, June sucker, Least chub, Northern leatherside chub, Southern leatherside chub, Razorback sucker, Roundtail chub, Virgin chub, Virgin spinedace, and Woundfin. I’m guessing that the chubs in Scofield are the Utah chub and are therefore okay to use as bait.
We also find in the proclamation that the Bear Lake cutthroat trout, a lake-dwelling form of the Bonneville cutthroat, now play an active, important role in Utah’s sportfish-management program. These cutthroats have been stocked in some waters to limit the growth of the aggressive Utah chub and other fish that threaten sportfish populations.
Leave them on the ice. The crows and coyotes really enjoy them!Now as far as leaving them on the ice to feed other wildlife, you may want to rethink that position. And before you get your knickers in a knot, I am making no judgments about the practice and I AM NOT telling anybody what they should or should not do. I’m simply going to let you know what the proclamation says and you can interpret it any way that suits you. Here is what the proclamation says about wasting: You may not waste any fish or crayfish or permit them to be wasted or spoiled. (Waste means to abandon a fish or crayfish or allow it to spoil or be used in a manner not normally associated with its beneficial use. For example, using the meat of game fish as fertilizer or for trapping bait is not considered a beneficial use of the meat.) 